ALMONERS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

almoners

noun

plural of almoner

as in philanthropists

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Noun

Still, as wealth becomes increasingly concentrated in fewer hands around the world, many philanthropists argue that those benefiting most have an even greater responsibility to give back.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 9 July 2026
Contributions can come from individuals, employers, governments, philanthropists and charities − pretty much anyone.

— Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Definition of philanthropists

Noun

The park around the corner lists one of its benefactors as Todd Graves, the LSU donor and CEO of the Raising Cane’s chicken fingers empire.

— Matt Baker, New York Times, 17 July 2026
The Zimmerli Art Museum, the fine arts museum of Rutgers University in New Jersey, has just received a gift of more than seventy noteworthy works of modern and contemporary art from Anne and Arthur Goldstein, longtime benefactors of the institution.

— News Desk, Artforum, 16 July 2026

Definition of benefactors

Noun

Political committees often will secure tickets to a popular sporting contest or concert, then invite donors to spend big to attend the event with the politician.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Readers of the report may not be carefully attuned to the legal arguments used to justify anti-BDS legislation, but PEN America obviously is and so are the donors who support this work.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026

Definition of donors

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Storybook performances are the heartbeat of March Madness, but unlike the actual Cinderella, college basketball teams with aspirations to make a splash in the Big Dance don’t have fairy godmothers to cover the costs of running a basketball program.

— Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
And with that, the modern Cinderella story continues—proving that sometimes, magic is less about fairy godmothers and more about persistence, pivots, and the courage to start building your own AI Agent.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

Definition of fairy godmothers

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Former patrons of the bar and other mourners visited the site Tuesday, adding to the growing pile of flowers leaning on the guardrails cordoning off the location of the blaze.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
At the Art Algebra studio, at 1001 Glade Road Suite 100 right next door to girligirl boutique, patrons can admire art and then head to a coffee bar right inside the gallery.

— Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026

Definition of patrons

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Alongside Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz, Liu played one of the titular angels.

— Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026
Anne Neilson’s paintings of angels have captured the attention of celebrities and earned her an invitation to The White House recently.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026

Definition of angels

Noun

What was once an eye-catching clique of wayward teens bathed in purple hues has metamorphosed into a barren hellscape rife with drug-smuggling cartels, pistol-packin’ pimps, sugar daddies with mummification kinks and online streamers.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 May 2026
Sanders needs Alabama’s gravitas or Texas Tech’s sugar daddies.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025

Definition of sugar daddies

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